ASCQ COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord
France
Location Information
Ascq is a town 7 kilometres south-east of Lille on the road to Tournai.
From the church in Ascq, head north-east towards Annappes. Take the first right, opposite the Marie, and then first left onto Rue de l'Abbe Lemire. The communal cemetery is 200 metres along on the left hand side of the road. The main Commonwealth War Graves plot is on the left near the entrance, and the second plot is 50 metres further along on the right.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access possible via main entrance.
Historical Information
The 229th Field Ambulance, the 13th and 63rd Casualty Clearing Stations and the 39th Stationary Hospital were posted in the village for periods of a few months at the end of 1918 and in 1919.
There are now over 50, 1914-18 and a small number of 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site.
The British plot covers an area of 249 square metres and is enclosed by a low stone curb.
Casualty Details: UK 51, Canada 1, Australia 1, India 2, Total Burials: 55.
Ascq is a town 7 kilometres south-east of Lille on the road to Tournai.
From the church in Ascq, head north-east towards Annappes. Take the first right, opposite the Marie, and then first left onto Rue de l'Abbe Lemire. The communal cemetery is 200 metres along on the left hand side of the road. The main Commonwealth War Graves plot is on the left near the entrance, and the second plot is 50 metres further along on the right.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access possible via main entrance.
Historical Information
The 229th Field Ambulance, the 13th and 63rd Casualty Clearing Stations and the 39th Stationary Hospital were posted in the village for periods of a few months at the end of 1918 and in 1919.
There are now over 50, 1914-18 and a small number of 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site.
The British plot covers an area of 249 square metres and is enclosed by a low stone curb.
Casualty Details: UK 51, Canada 1, Australia 1, India 2, Total Burials: 55.
Lieutenant
Lyell Keith Swann, M.M.
Australian Flying Corps
14th November 1918, aged 23.
Row D. 12.
Born at Keyneton. Son of George Lomax Swann and Alvena Swann, of 170, Wattle St., New Parkside, South Australia.
Lyell Keith Swann, M.M.
Australian Flying Corps
14th November 1918, aged 23.
Row D. 12.
Born at Keyneton. Son of George Lomax Swann and Alvena Swann, of 170, Wattle St., New Parkside, South Australia.
A view of the 39th Stationary Hospital, with lines of large white medical tents running either side of a road. A medical orderly stands by the roadside, with a truck on the road itself. There appears to be a wood in the background. (J Hodgson Lobley, 1919)
© IWM (Art.IWM ART 3746)
